Comments for Something Evil This Way Comes

Comment on the background by Quirky Lady

Quirky Lady — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:12 +0000

Spike - you have been very brave to weather through ovarian cancer. My mum was diagnozed with stage 4 ovarian cancer last December. It is a shock to all of us as my father had just past away from advanced throat cancer 9 months before my mum’s own diagnosis. She went through the surgery and chemotherapy really well and is now in remission. While the physical wound is healed, the spiritual wound is harder to heal. She has lapsed into a deep depression and I am trying to cheer her up with inspiring stories of fighters against the disease.

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Comment on From the New York Times - “Cancer Emotions: Upbeat, Stoic or Just Scared?” by PinkTissue

PinkTissue — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:40:27 +0000

This article strucks a cord with me. My mum is now in remission for ovarian cancer. The doctor told her that she has a second life and the treatment and surgery went well. Even during chemotheraoy, she did not suffer from naseau, has a good a appetite and her white blood cells did not drop below the normal level. But…….even though she is physically ok, my mum is in depression - which started half-way though the treatment. We all thought that the depression would be ‘gone’ after completing the treatment and having a clean bill of life. I once read somewhere an ovarian cancer survivor - ‘my family just cannot understand why I can’t get over the negative feelings since I have been cured’. It takes time to recover - cancer not only attacks your body but also attacks your spirit.

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Comment on For me and my fellow mutants by Article Breast Cancer Research

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Comment on Anniversary time by KH

KH — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:29:41 +0000

What a great post. I lost my mom on May 18, 2008 (2 weeks ago tomorrow) to this awful disease. She suffered and struggled since a December diagnosis. I know mom’s day and others will seem empty.

Comment on Anniversary time by TJ

TJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:08:33 +0000

I think you might be surprised at how many people read your blog, Spike, and never post anything.

I figure it’s about time for you to win the lottery and even out the good and bad stuff happening in your life. When you do, will you send the learjet down to get me so we can have tea again? :)

Comment on Anniversary time by Spike

Spike — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:46:47 +0000

Thanks.

I’m about ready for that truckload of good things to pull up outside my door and ask me to sign the waybill.

Thanks for reading and paying attention and taking the time to write.

Spike

Comment on Anniversary time by Rose

Rose — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:12:20 +0000

This was a really touching, poignant post. You certainly have been dragged under life’s truck.
Thanks for maintaining the blog and letting us know how you are because we care and we wish you the best. Lord knows, you’re due.

Comment on R.I.P… my mom by chris c.

chris c. — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:57:58 +0000

What a great job your lovely mum did in raising such a caring, independent, bright and emotionally aware daughter! God bless her. Now be kind to yourself. Love, Chris.X

Comment on Cancer Vixen by P

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:21:03 +0000

Yeehaw.
I used to be a lurker way back when and stopped reading, pretty much when you stopped writing! lol.
Cleaning out my favorites, I clicked, hoping you were still writing, even if it was just sporadic.
Thrilled that you are!
As for the chemo brain…to quote you, “Oh year, sister!”
I used to be a police dispatcher. Key words being ‘used to be’.
Now…I ask my poor daughter the same question 20 times a day, seriously doubt if I ever dispatch again.
Glad to hear your doing well and writing again;)

Comment on Dan Savage made me cry. In public. by Sheena

Sheena — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:29:01 +0000

Made me cry too; I sent him an email and told him so.
Losing the folks you love sucks. It just sucks.

Comment on Dan Savage made me cry. In public. by Sam

Sam — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:37:06 +0000

Yep, that just made me well up too.

Comment on Cancer Vixen by Patsy

Patsy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:09:00 +0000

I am running to get this book. Oh yeah, we definitely become a little different. Just last night I was out having dinner with friends who were complaining about their retirement benefits. Duh…I just want to live.

I also do the talking thing to med students. If you don’t, think about it, you’d be great. What a story to tell.

Patsy
stage IIIC and BRCA2 positive

Comment on Short People by Jill

Jill — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:09:58 +0000

Hilarious - I’m just a little over five feet myself and was telling a friend about that wonderful Randy Newman song the other day after not hearing it for years. And here it is again. I feel exactly the way your mom did about it, amazing lyrics.

Moms are all a little flawed goddesses, yer allowed to go on and on about ‘em!

Good writing, good site, thank you.

Comment on In OVCA news, a speck of good news by Sam

Sam — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:37:46 +0000

This is such promising news.

Comment on Cancer Vixen by Sam

Sam — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:36:07 +0000

losing my hair made me feel naked… until I got a tattoo on my head. Then everyone just thought I was punk rock. Losing my eyebrows nearly killed me. It was awful. AWFUL. Plus the rain and sweat ran right into my eyes without them.

Chemo brain exists. A few months ago I was scheduled to go speak to a group of med students about my experience with ovca. I had done it a half of dozen times before, in the same place. Well, I showed up 30 minutes late because I forgot which street the building was on. I just rode up and down about a five block radius. Finally, I realized I had kept riding right past it. Chemo brain is terrible. I have to write everything down. Now when I go to meetings my boss points out that I take great notes and he depends on me for it. Not really a good thing. I don’t want to be the department note taker. However, if I don’t write it down, I won’t remember. I’m only 33.

Thanks for the info about this book, I will check it out.

Take care spike.